Secret Justice: London's Covid-19 lockdown breakers are being prosecuted behind closed doors and under a veil of secrecy: standard.co.uk/news/london/co…
I don't use the term 'secret justice' lightly, but there's no other way to describe what's been happening here.
- 100s of prosecutions dealt with behind closed doors
- Vital open justice safeguards ignored and forgotten
- Obviously flawed prosecutions going through unchallenged
- 100s of prosecutions dealt with behind closed doors
- Vital open justice safeguards ignored and forgotten
- Obviously flawed prosecutions going through unchallenged
When the Single Justice Procedure was introduced, it was justified as prosecutions for lowly offences - speeding, fare dodging, TV licences etc.
The media warned that #openjustice shouldn't be swept away - that one day people would care
Now it's being used for lockdown breaches
The media warned that #openjustice shouldn't be swept away - that one day people would care
Now it's being used for lockdown breaches
My efforts to find out how exactly how those obviously-flawed cases were prosecuted have so far been thwarted.
This is the consequence of leaving the principle of open justice entirely in the hands of overworked court admin staff who don't understand the system.
This is the consequence of leaving the principle of open justice entirely in the hands of overworked court admin staff who don't understand the system.
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